If We had destroyed them with a punishment before this, they would have surely said, "Our Lord, why did you not send to us a messenger so that we might have followed Your commandment before we were humiliated and disgraced?"
यदि हम उसके पहले इन्हें किसी यातना से विनष्ट कर देते तो ये कहते कि "ऐ हमारे रब, तूने हमारे पास कोई रसूल क्यों न भेजा कि इससे पहले कि हम अपमानित और रुसवा होते, तेरी आयतों का अनुपालन करने लगते?"